Machine for cutting cheese.



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H. GROSS. MAGHINE FOR GUTTING CHEESE.

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HEINRICH GROSS, OF DUSSELDORF, GERMANY.

MACHINE FOR CUTTING CHEESE.

I Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 31, 1906.

To all whom it may concern.- Be it known that I, I-IErNnrcH Gnoss, a citizen of Germany, residing at Dusseldorf,

-Germany, have invented new and useful Ima side view, partly in section, of my improved ,machine for cutting cheese; Fig. 2, a plan of Fig. 1; Fig. 3, a front view of Fig. 1; Fig.

' 4, a view similar to Fig. 3, showing the parts in a difierent position; Fig. 5, a side View, partly in section and partly broken away, of a modification; Fig. 6, a front view thereof, and Fig. 7 a detail showing the means for adjusting the movable plate.

The letter'a indicates the bed-plate of my improved cheese-cutting machine, supportcate ing a frame 6. Within thelatter is slidable the knife or cutter c, which receives verticalreciprocating movement by a hand-lever g, fulcrumed to frame I) at g and connected to cutter 0 by a link 0. The cheese A is supported upon bed-plate a and may be advanced by a feed-slide q, en aged by a screwspindle 10, which is operated by a hand-lever 1) through a spring-influenced pawl 10, enga ing a ratchet-w eel 1), fast on spindle p.

urin the cutting operation the cheese is held against lateral movement by a pair of clampin -plates e 6 of which plate a is laterall adjustable, while plate e -is reciprod by lever gin the following manner: Lever 9 is provided with a nose h, adapted to engage t e upper arm of a double lever i, the lower arm of which is pivoted to a plate i.

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The latter is connected to plate e by pins 7c, guided'in bearings 12 of frame I). Springs Z tend to draw plate e outward, so as to re- When handle 9 is depressed to lower cutter 0, nose h will engage ever Q1 and tilt the latter in such a manner that plate 6 is pressed inwardly against the cheese. After the handle 9 has been raised to elevate the cutter nose It will clear lever i, and springs Z will withdraw plate 6 from the cheese and permit the latter to be advanced by slide g.

InFigs. 5 and 6 a movable plate 6 is pivoted to bed-plate a at m and is provided with a longitudinal rail 0; The latter is adapted to be engaged by an adjustable roller 12/ of a slide 01., attached to cutter c or lever 9. By

depressing the latter roller 00/ will swing plate e inward against the. action of a spring t,

while uponthe completion of the upstroke of lever g roller nwill clear rail 0 and permit spring '15 to tilt plate a outward. Screws w, w, and 'w permit-the plate 6 to be adjusted to larger or smaller heads of cheese, while plate e may be set by clamp-screw w In Fig. 7 pins 7c of plate 6 are embraced by tubes as of plate i, so that the distance between plates '5 and 6 may be readily adjusted by-set-screws y.

What I claim is I A machine for cutting cheese provided with a vertically-reciprocating cutter, a clamping- ,plate, a feed-slide, and a hand-lever opera- 

